Vocab Chapter Two

Question 0

Avid

Answer 0

desirous of something to the point of greed

Question 1

Animadversion

Answer 1

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 2

Brackish

Answer 2

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 3

Celerity

Answer 3

Swiftness, rapidity of motion

Question 4

Devious

Answer 4

Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course

Tricky sly

Question 5

Gambit

Answer 5

An opening move

Question 6

Halcyon

Answer 6

A legendary bird

Question 7

Histrionic

Answer 7

Pertaining to actors and their techniques

Question 8

Incendiary

Answer 8

Deliberately setting or causing fires

Question 9

Maelstrom

Answer 9

A whirlpool of great size and violence

Chaos turbulence

Question 10

Myopic

Answer 10

Nearsighted, can’t see the big picture

Question 11

Overt

Answer 11

Open, not hidden

Expressed or revealed in a way that is not easily recognized

Question 12

Accost

V

Answer 12

to confront and to speak to first in a challenging or aggressive way

Question 13

Proprietary

Answer 13

The state of being proper

Appropriateness

Question 14

Pejorative

Answer 14

Tending to make worse

Question 15

Summarily

Answer 15

Without delay or formality

Question 16

Sacrilege

Answer 16

Improper or disrespectful

Question 17

Talisman

Answer 17

An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers

Question 18

Undulate

Answer 18

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

Question 19

Suppliant

Answer 19

asking humbly and earnestly